Allen Wolfe is the Senior Director of Clinical Education at Life Link III in Minneapolis, Minnesota. With 40 years with 34 of those years in the transport of critical ill patients. He was the Clinical Nurse Specialist of MedSTAR- the world-renowned trauma/burn resuscitation unit in Washington, DC. He has published multiple articles, research projects and is the co-editor of the Principle and Practice textbook, the industry biggest selling publication. In 2007, he received the Katz-Mason award by Air and Surface Transport Nurses Association , the Community Service award for his LVAD patient safety initiative, the Jordan award in 2009 for outstanding contribution to air medical journalism, the Barbara A. Hess award in 2010 for outstanding contribution to education and in 2017 he received the Marriott-Carlson Lifetime Achievement Award.